Special Issue "Quantum Cosmology"
A special issue of Universe (ISSN 2218-1997). This special issue belongs to the section "Cosmology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 21 June 2021.
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Within the second half of the last century, quantum cosmology concretely became one of the main research lines within gravitational theory and cosmology. Substantial progress has been made. Furthermore, quantum cosmology can become a domain that will gradually develop further during the next handful of decades, perhaps assisted from technological developments. Indications for new physics (i.e., beyond the standard model of particle physics or general relativity) could emerge and then the observable universe would surely be taken from quite a new perspective. That motivates in bringing quantum cosmology to more research groups and individuals.
This Special Issue (SI) aims to provide a wide set of reviews, ranging from foundational issues, as well as (very) recent advancing discussions. Concretely, to enthuse new work about proposing observational tests, from providing an aggregated set of contributions, covering several lines, some thoroughly explored, some allowing progress, others much unexplored. The aim of this SI is to bring motivation for new researchers, so to employ and further develop quantum cosmology during the forthcoming decades. Textbooks and reviews do exist on the subject, and this SI will complementarily assist in offering in open access a set of wide covering reviews. Hopefully, this will assist new interested researchers, whereby he or she can have a single open-access online volume, with reviews that can help her or him. In particular, then selecting what to explore, read with more detail, where to proceed, and investigate further within quantum cosmology.
We are all aware of the extreme impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on academia. Hence, we are setting 21 June 2021 as the submission deadline. Of course, invited authors may send them earlier.
We will be also assuming some possible flexibility in the deadline, and we hope that authors will understand that the editors will contact them from time to time to see how the manuscript preparation process is progressing.
Prof. Dr. Paulo Vargas Moniz
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- quantum cosmology
- early universe
- quantum gravity
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
- Aleksei A. Starobinsky, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Nelson Pinto Neto, Dipartimento di Fisica, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Patrick Peter, Institut Lagrange de Paris, CNRS, France
- Guillermo A. Mena Marugán, Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- Dong-han Yeom, Department of Physics Education, Pusan National University, Korea
- Jose Manuel Velhinho, Departamento de Física, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
- Mariam Bouhmadi López, Universidad del País Vasco, País Vasco, España
- Júlio Fabris, Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology, Espírito Santo Federal University, Brazil
- João Marto, Departamento de Física, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
- Yaser Tavakoli, Department of Physics, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
- Aleksandr Yu. Kamenshchik, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Giovanni Montani, Physics Department, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Maurizio Gasperini, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Bari, Bari, Italy
- Bojowald Martin, Institute for Gravitation & the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University, State College PA, USA
